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Secrecy and Coup d'Etats
A selection of news commentary, feature films, and unsubstantiated rumours.
17 hrs ago
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Defence Procurement & Forever Wars
How the defence industrial base drives Forever Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Iran.
Jul 18
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12 Angry Geopoliticians
Some free talks and lectures on geopolitics, history, sociology, financial mathematics, and the Sidney Lumet film adaptation of the Reginald Rose play…
Jul 16
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Stratagems & Asset Class Reallocation
What might replace the historical "cash nexus" of Thomas Carlyle.
Jul 1
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June 2026
We Are Living In J.G. Ballard's World
From the contemporary space race to industrial music juggernauts and psychotherapy, we are living in J.G. Ballard's world.
Jun 30
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On The Creative Process
How creators deal with the world, from OnlyFans to veteran actor Dustin Hoffman.
Jun 29
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On the Vama Marga
A rejoinder (a clarification) to Nikolas Schreck’s interviews with his student Lantern Bridge on YouTube.
Jun 26
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Getting Out of Plato's Cave: Three Cases
Australian publishing, United States nuclear command and control, and Liberation oriented pedagogy.
Jun 22
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It Can't Rain All The Time
Lessons from the Alex Proyas film The Crow (1994) and the Lost episode 'The Constant' (2008)
Jun 20
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Our Crisis-Prone Future
Geopolitical and volatility shocks will shape our collective, near-term future.
Jun 17
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Sandinista!
A revisionist global history on Nicaragua's Sandinista movement, and some other recent reading.
Jun 7
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On Zeev Sternhall
A note on the late Polish historian and some current reading.
Jun 5
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